WESTMINSTER, Md. – Johns Hopkins scored 47 points in the first half to open a 26-point lead en route to a 79-45 win over the McDaniel College men's basketball team on Wednesday night inside the Gill Center.

Junior Matt Kearney led the Green Terror (13-9, 3-7) with 11 points in 17 minutes off the bench. Graduate Student Chuck Contee and junior Jonas Sujeta had eight points each while junior Kevin Connelly hit both of his three-point attempts for six points. 

The Blue Jays (15-7, 9-1) opened the game on an 8-0 run before McDaniel cut the lead to three after a Contee layup. Johns Hopkins responded with a 24-0 run over the next six minutes of the half. The Green Terror broke a scoreless streak of over eight minutes on another Contee layup at the 8:12 mark. The Blue Jays earned their largest lead of the half with 4:18 to play on a layup to make the score 39-9. McDaniel scored 12 points in the final four minutes to close the half trailing 47-21.

The Green Terror began the second half on an 11-6 run but quickly gave way to another Blue Jays burst. Johns Hopkins grew the lead to 35 late in the second half and closed the game on an 11-2 run to win by 34 on the road.

McDaniel struggled from the floor in the first half, shooting only 33.3 percent while Johns Hopkins made nearly 62 percent of its field goal attempts. The Blue Jays made 12-of-26 three-pointers and outrebounded the Green Terror 38-27.

The Green Terror hit the road for the final time in the regular season when they battle Dickinson on Saturday at 2 pm.